Harness Electricity, Free the Mules: Animal Rights and the Electrification of the Streetcars in New Orleans
Prior to the streetcar lines being electrified in the late 1800s, equines pulled the cars. The quadrupeds that pulled the horsecars in New Orleans, Louisiana, were area specific: New Orleans had mules, not horses. The mule in the South is typically associated with the rural South; however, in ninete...
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ScholarWorks@UNO
2010
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| Online Access: | http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1177 http://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2160&context=td |